Understanding the splinternet: can the world ever be truly global? November 29, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://medium.com/enrique-dans/understanding-the-splinternet-can-the-world-ever-be-truly-global-97262a60678c
The Day of Reckoning for Smartphone Contact Tracing Is Here. Despite the benefits of contact tracing, many Americans will opt out because the tech sector has become untrustworthy November 28, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://medium.com/fast-company/the-day-of-reckoning-for-smartphone-contact-tracing-is-here-31c57b17f52c
How BlackBerry — Yes, That BlackBerry — Became a Cybersecurity Company. The company may once again be a 24/7 tether to work, but this time it’s invisible November 11, 2020technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://marker.medium.com/how-blackberry-yes-that-blackberry-became-a-cybersecurity-company-efae02912751
How The Social Dilemma Got Social Media Mostly Wrong. Social media may be bad for us, just not in the way most people think November 3, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://arcdigital.media/how-the-social-dilemma-got-social-media-mostly-wrong-3bde48077140
A Popular Online Learning Platform Was Actually Created by an Underground Religious ‘Cult’. The creator of Acellus and the ‘cult’s leader has been accused of violence and abuse. November 2, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://onezero.medium.com/a-major-online-learning-platform-was-created-by-a-subterranean-religious-cult-whose-leader-has-cec99e7adcaf
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (full film) | FRONTLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVVfJVj5z8s November 1, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVVfJVj5z8s
NYT: Google and Apple Formed Agreement to Control the Internet October 26, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/26/nyt-google-and-apple-formed-agreement-to-control-the-internet/
LinkedIn Purging Middle Class Professionals Who Question COVID October 15, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper LinkedIn Purging Middle Class Professionals Who Question COVID
LinkedIn Bans Principia Scientific International Without Warning October 9, 2020climate, medicine, science, space, technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper LinkedIn Bans Principia Scientific International Without Warning
The Quantum Internet Will Blow Your Mind. Here’s What It Will Look Like. The next generation of the Internet will rely on revolutionary new tech — allowing for unhackable networks and information that travels faster than the speed of light. October 8, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/the-quantum-internet-will-blow-your-mind-heres-what-it-will-look-like
BREAKING: 5G RADIATION SICKENS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AS RESIDENTS ARE WARNED TO STAY AWAY October 7, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper
YouTubers Are Upscaling the Past to 4K. Historians Want Them to Stop. October 2, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.wired.co.uk/article/history-colourisation-controversy
Microsoft Bought a $7.5 Billion Security Blanket. The massive deal for Bethesda exposes the fallacy of ownership and the anxiety of a giant October 1, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://marker.medium.com/microsoft-bought-a-7-5-billion-security-blanket-70269a9ed769
Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks as US Election Looms. The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in “hack and leak” operations like those that roiled the 2016 campaign. September 26, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-russia-fancy-bear-ira-misinformation/
The Email Where Google Admits They Stole the Intellectual Property to Build Android September 25, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper The Email Where Google Admits They Stole the Intellectual Property to Build Android
Scientific Fact: 5G DOES Interfere With Our Immune System September 18, 2020science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper Scientific Fact: 5G DOES Interfere With Our Immune System
Silicon Valley’s Biggest Trump Supporter Wins TikTok September 14, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valley-s-biggest-trump-supporter-wins-tiktok-1845044713
Secretive 5G ‘Small Cell’ Planning Takes a Legal Hit in U.S. Court September 9, 2020technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper Secretive 5G ‘Small Cell’ Planning Takes a Legal Hit in U.S. Court
Google’s Genius $49/mo Course Is About to Replace College Degrees. “In our own hiring, we will now treat these new career certificates as the equivalent of a four-year degree for related roles.” September 8, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/googles-genius-49-mo-course-is-about-to-replace-college-degrees-340f459aaa9b
False equivalencies: Online activism from left to right September 4, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6508/1197
Robert F Kennedy Jr Calls Out Bill Gates on 5G Mass Control September 4, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper Robert F Kennedy Jr Calls Out Bill Gates on 5G Mass Control
THE BLOB! – Google’s new threat to Internet privacy and security September 1, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper THE BLOB! – Google’s new threat to Internet privacy and security
The Era of DNA Database Hacks Is Here. A major data breach shows genetic information is vulnerable to attack August 31, 2020science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://onezero.medium.com/the-era-of-dna-database-hacks-is-here-85a860190622
The Immorality of “Net Metering” August 29, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper The Immorality of “Net Metering”
Democrats want to shred the gig economy as a favor to Big Labor August 24, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-want-to-shred-the-gig-economy-as-a-favor-to-big-labor
Meet the Star Witness: Your Smart Speaker. Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations. August 23, 2020technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/?
A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers. FritzFrog has been used to try and infiltrate government agencies, banks, telecom companies, and universities across the US and Europe. August 23, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-botnet-is-covertly-targeting-millions-of-servers/
US government outlines plans for “unhackable” national quantum internet August 22, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/us-government-blueprint-national-quantum-internet/
Internet speed record shattered at 178 terabits per second August 22, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/internet-speed-record178-terabits-per-second/
Kamala Harris’s Courting “Big Tech” is Why She is Democrat Veep Nominee August 21, 2020technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper Kamala Harris’s Courting “Big Tech” is Why She is Democrat Veep Nominee
The Incredible Story of The PayPal Mafia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQ4p82-D54 August 20, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper
The Case Against a Microsoft-TikTok Merger. The Chinese will not be bullied into selling a global internet asset on the cheap August 18, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://marker.medium.com/the-case-against-a-microsoft-tiktok-merger-8cd6c940116c
The Black Internet Gold Rush That Wiped Away $75 Million in 18 Months. It wasn’t just Pets.com and eToys — 20 years ago, a slew of hip-hop and ‘urban’ sites became early casualties of the first dot-com bubble August 16, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://level.medium.com/the-black-internet-gold-rush-that-wiped-away-75-million-in-18-months-7c6be78ddc95
Twitter Security Flaws Pose a Unique Threat to Nuclear Diplomacy, Experts Say. As hackers compromised world leaders’ Twitter accounts, researchers released a report on the risk tweets pose to international conflict August 16, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://onezero.medium.com/twitter-security-flaws-pose-a-unique-threat-to-nuclear-diplomacy-experts-say-b509e0eb2aad
The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media August 15, 2020science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media
The Biggest Digital Companies Are Decimating the Economy. Digital monopolies end up destroying the marketplaces they depend on August 15, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://medium.com/team-human/the-biggest-digital-companies-are-decimating-the-economy-f6d987ba9484
Big Tech Adores Kamala Harris, Censorship Cop Who Wants #Trump Banned August 13, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper Big Tech Adores Kamala Harris, Censorship Cop Who Wants Trump Banned
Twitter in preliminary talks with TikTok on potential merger: Report August 11, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-in-preliminary-talks-with-tiktok-on-potential-merger-report
McCarthy Issues Major Warning About How Big Tech Could Be Tilting The Election August 10, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://trendingpolitics.com/mccarthy-issues-major-warning-about-how-big-tech-could-be-tilting-the-election/
Virginia launches new public health app letting you know if you’ve been exposed to coronavirus August 5, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.dailypress.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-20200805-czqdsw4cvfbxln3eti6d3smjfa-story.html
The Inside Story of How Facebook Acquired Instagram. The social giant’s controversial $1 billion acquisition shows how a tech monopoly wields power August 5, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://onezero.medium.com/the-inside-story-of-how-facebook-acquired-instagram-318f244f1283
Stop Thinking of the Breakup of Big Tech as Punishment. We break companies up to restore competition to markets August 4, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://marker.medium.com/stop-thinking-of-the-breakup-of-big-tech-as-punishment-d551e9a7dc74
How Google’s Monopoly Power Took Over Mobile Search Traffic – Even on Apple iPhones August 3, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/03/how-googles-monopoly-power-took-over-mobile-search-traffic-even-on-apple-iphones/
Bokhari: By Suppressing Medical Debate, It Is Twitter that Endangers Americans August 2, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/01/bokhari-twitter-censor-medical-debate-hydroxychloroquine/
Social Media Censorship Is Scary August 2, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://townhall.com/columnists/christinaherrin/2020/08/01/social-media-censorship-is-scary-n2573541
Big Tech is making sure people don’t hear about the deadly downsides of vaccines August 2, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-08-01-big-tech-censoring-the-deadly-downsides-of-vaccines.html
Levin: ‘Totalitarian’ Squarespace Scrubs America’s Frontline Doctors Website From the Internet August 1, 2020medicine, science, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/bailey-duran/levin-totalitarian-squarespace-scrubs-americas-frontline-doctors-website-internet
Is it true that my ISP is spying on my web browsing? Does DuckDuckGo fix that? July 29, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://spreadprivacy.com/protection-from-isp-spying/?s=2
Twitter breach exposes one of tech’s biggest threats: Its own employees. Cybersecurity professionals broadly agree on a central problem: Computers and code are fixable, but humans are not. July 17, 2020technology, WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1234076
You Can Buy a Random Facial Recognition Photo on China’s Black Market for Just $.07. Sellers are offering packages of up to 20,000 face images. July 17, 2020WWW/Internethistoryscoper https://onezero.medium.com/you-can-buy-facial-random-recognition-photos-on-chinas-black-market-c54ab219580f